The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge / Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing.
- Dow, Kirstin, 1963-
- Date:
- [2007], ©2007
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007], ©2007.
Physical description
112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
Contributors
Edition
Rev. and updated ed.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-109) and index.
Contents
Signs of change -- Warning signs --Polar changes -- Glacial retreat -- Everyday extremes -- Forcing change -- The greenhouse effect -- The climate system -- Interpreting past climates -- Forecasting future climates -- Driving climate change -- Emissions past and present -- Fossil fuels -- Methane and other gases -- Transportation -- Disrupting the carbon balance -- Agriculture -- Expected consequences -- Disrupted ecosystems -- Threatened water supplies -- Food security -- Threats to health -- Rising sea levels -- Cities at risk -- Cultural losses -- Responding to change -- International action -- Meeting Kyoto targets -- Carbon trading -- Financing responses -- Local commitment -- Carbon dioxide and economic growth -- Renewable energy -- Adapting to change -- Commiting to solutions -- Personal action -- Public action -- Climate change data -- Data table.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesM21494
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ISBN
- 9780520255586
- 0520255585